[Workshops] Machine setup

Tim Schaub tschaub at opengeo.org
Mon Sep 28 22:27:00 EDT 2009 

Jeff McKenna wrote:
> For the MapServer workshop we'll be using MS4W with it's own Apache 
> installed, which in all of the past workshops ran on port 80.  Is this ok?
> 

I'm trying to remember how we did this last year (and not seeing what 
I'm looking for on http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Lessons_Learned).

It would be a conflict if the machines had another apache already running.

A potential solution is to have my instructions include modifying the 
configuration for your apache.  Last year we either did this or we had 
different setups in different rooms.

Ideally, I could get the following in an apache config:

     ProxyRequests Off
     ProxyPreserveHost On

     <Proxy *>
         Order deny,allow
         Allow from all
     </Proxy>

ProxyPass /geoserver http://localhost:8080/geoserver
ProxyPassReverse /geoserver http:/localhost:8080/geoserver

and

     Alias /ol_workshop "[OL_WORKSHOP]"
     <Directory "[OL_WORKSHOP]">
         Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
         AllowOverride None
         Order deny,allow
         Allow from all
     </Directory>

Substitute 8080 for whatever port GeoServer is setup to run on and 
[OL_WORKSHOP] to the path on the system for the workshop directory.

Then I could walk people through starting GeoServer and Apache (assuming 
buttons were easy for folks to find).

Jeff, should it be relatively easy for workshop organizers to edit the 
config for the MS4W apache this way?

Also, this assumes mod_proxy enabled.

Tim


> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Leslie wrote:
>> Apache running on port 80 shouldn't be a problem, but having it 
>> running depends on what else needs the port, and whether we need 
>> different, conflicting configurations.
>>
>> Is anyone else planning on binding something non-Apache to port 80, or 
>> mapping the mentioned paths?
>>
>> -- 
>> Mark
>>
>> Tim Schaub wrote:
>>> Sorry if this is asking the obvious, but does Apache get 80 (and will 
>>> it be running)?
>>>
>>> I understand the desire to limit what workshops install and run as 
>>> services, but I think it also makes sense to limit the number of 
>>> things that every participant has to click through.
>>>
>>> I was planning on writing up instructions for configuring Apache to 
>>> proxy GeoServer on port 80 and set up an alias for the root of the 
>>> workshop folder.
>>>
>>> All the OpenLayers material assumes this (http://localhost/geoserver 
>>> and http://localhost/ol_workshop).
>>>
>>> I had been planning on walking participants through starting 
>>> GeoServer.   And I had been assuming we'd have an http server running 
>>> on 80 that could get to the workshop folder.
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> Etienne Dube wrote:
>>>> Yep it'll be running on 8080, but the tomcat instance will be 
>>>> manually started during the workshop (it won't be installed as a 
>>>> service, only launched from a batch file). Like Mark said in this 
>>>> thread, I think it's a good idea to have nothing installed as an 
>>>> automatic service, to avoid any port conflict.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Justin Deoliveira a écrit :
>>>>> Cool. Just to ensure there are no conflicts i will set up GeoServer 
>>>>> to run on a different port than 8080. Assuming that Tomcat will be 
>>>>> indeed running on 8080?
>>>>>
>>>>> Etienne Dube wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Justin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good, it's fine for us too. I'll put JDK 6u16 in the software to 
>>>>>> be installed. JAVA_HOME can point to it and our Tomcat instance 
>>>>>> will be happy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Etienne
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Justin Deoliveira a écrit :
>>>>>>> Hi Etienne,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We require a JDK (not just a JRE) for GeoServer to run. Version 6 
>>>>>>> will be fine for us.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Etienne Dube wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there any other workshop that requires a Java JRE? We'll be 
>>>>>>>> using the Java 6 Update 16 JRE in workshop_01 (Geospatial BI 
>>>>>>>> with FOSS). Everything else is self-contained in a directory 
>>>>>>>> under C:\. Could Java be pre-installed on the machines? Any 
>>>>>>>> possible version conflicts (i.e. if anyone requires a Java 5 JRE)?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Etienne
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mark Leslie a écrit :
>>>>>>>>> Damnit, this one slipped past me last week.
>>>>>>>>> All we've got going so far is 
>>>>>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Workshop_Computer_Setup, 
>>>>>>>>> which really isn't up to this task, and is already incomplete.  
>>>>>>>>> As a general rule, I would prefer to have nothing installed as 
>>>>>>>>> an automatic service.  We can setup links to load 
>>>>>>>>> applications/services as needed, but it seems easiest to not 
>>>>>>>>> have everything running by default.  That way port conflicts 
>>>>>>>>> shouldn't be a hugh issue (optimism?).
>>>>>>>>> It will still cause collisions on install directories, in 
>>>>>>>>> particular for workshops that involve an installation step, and 
>>>>>>>>> service names.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Apologies if this has been covered already but is there a wiki 
>>>>>>>>>> page up that lists all the software that is going to be 
>>>>>>>>>> installed on all the workshop machines? I know last year we 
>>>>>>>>>> set this up and it was quite useful in order to resolve any 
>>>>>>>>>> version conflicts, and more importantly any port conflicts 
>>>>>>>>>> between running services.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>>>>>>
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